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American diplomatic history and international thought: a constitutional perspective / Hendrickson, David C

Hendrickson, David C	Journal Article
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This essay offers a constitutional perspective on the American encounter with the problem of international order. Its point of departure is the American Founding, a subject often invisible in both the history of international thought and contemporary International Relations theory. Although usually considered as an incident within the domestic politics of the United States, the Founding displays many key ideas that have subsequently played a vital role in both international political thought and IR theory. The purpose of this essay is to explore these ideas and to take account of their passage through time, up to and including the present day. Those ideas shine a light not only on how we organize our scholarly enterprises but also on the contemporary direction of US foreign policy and the larger question of world order.

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Liberalism ; Internationalism ; Realism ; World Order ; International Relations Theory ; Constitutionalism ;
Woodrow Wilson ; Intellectual History ; Alexander Hamilton ; US Foreign Policy ; Republican Security Theory ; James Madison ;
International Law ; American Founding

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America's bankers / Ezrati, Milton

Ezrati, Milton	Journal Article
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Alexander Hamilton ; America's First Banker

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New unitary executive and democratic theory: the problem of Alexander Hamilton / Bailey, Jeremy D

Bailey, Jeremy D	Journal Article
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2008.

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Central to the recent argument from the "unitary executive" is the claim that the unitary executive is consistent with the text and history of the Constitution. But because this veracity and importance of this claim is contested, unitarians also argue that the unitary executive is consistent with democratic theory. This article examines that argument by addressing a question in the political thought of Alexander Hamilton. Although Hamilton was an important defender of an energetic executive, and is associated with an expansive interpretation of executive power, he wrote in The Federalist that the president and Senate would share the removal power. In contrast with existing scholarship, which either overlooks Hamilton's statement on removals or dismisses it as a careless error, this article argues that Hamilton's statement limiting presidential removals illuminates his larger argument about executive energy. By showing how "duration" would check "unity," this article clarifies Hamilton's political thought and offers an important critique of the modern argument from the unitary executive

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Democratic Theory ; Unitary Executive ; Alexander Hamilton

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